The newly appointed head of the Prime Minister's Business Advisory Council, Maurice Newman, delivered a stinging rebuke of the former Labor government in a speech to the Committee for Economic Development of Australia....

The former prime minister Julia Gillard has addressed questions of sexism and the challenges of political life during her first major interview since being deposed from the leadership in late June. Ms Gillard told a sold-out crowd at the Sydney Opera House that she was disappointed with the often ...

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The senior lawyer assisting the trade union royal commission has cleared the former prime minister Julia Gillard of criminal conduct but called for charges to be considered against her former boyfriend Bruce Wilson. Its the highest profile case counsel assisting Jeremy Stoljar discusses, but ...

Law firm Minter Ellison has lodged a class action against the Commonwealth on behalf of the live export cattle industry that could result in a claim of hundreds of millions of dollars in damages. It's not yet clear how many parties could join. The industry says it's been forced to take the case to ...

Julia Gillard says she cried after finding out Kevin Rudd no longer trusted her and toppled him hours later. In a rare, wide-ranging interview, the former PM claims she did all she could to prop up Mr Rudd's leadership but in the end had 'no choice' but to challenge him. ...

In a much anticipated appearance, the former prime minister Julia Gillard has faced the unions Royal Commission to give fresh denials to long-standing allegations that union funds were used to pay for some of her home renovations. She is adamant that building work done between 1993 and 1995 was ...